Occupation
Journalist/Media
Contact
786 Prospect Place
4B
Brooklyn
NY
11216
United States
ABOUT
Jeffrey Bishku-Aykul is an editor based in Brooklyn. Previously, he was a journalist based in Istanbul (2015-2019) and Chicago (2012-2015). He graduated from McGill University with a double major in History and Political Science in 2011, and in 2020, he successfully defended his thesis for Bogazici University's Master of Arts Program in International Relations: Turkey, Europe, and the Middle East. He is fluent in English and Turkish.
Discipline
International Relations/Affairs
Sub Areas
Turkish Studies
Colonialism
19th-21st Centuries
Ottoman Studies
Minorities
Nationalism
Foreign Relations
Media
Ethnic American Studies
Transnationalism
Geographic Areas of Interest
Turkey
Ottoman Empire
Islamic World
Specialties
Malcolm X
Turkish Islamism
Social Movement Theory
Languages
English (native)
Turkish (advanced)
German (intermediate)
Education
MA
| 2021
| MIR
| Bogazici University
BA
| 2011
| History & Political Science
| McGill University
Abstracts
The Diffusion of Malcolm X as a Political Symbol Among Turkish Islamists and the Rise of the AK Party, 1996–2019
